ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235912
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3475 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Neugraben-Fischbek, Hamburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 22:41 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights of the 1.-3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed at the Panzer barracks at Fischbek in Hamburg.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Doran Mullins RCAF J/7067 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer George Albert Cooper RCAF J/7986 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Maurice Walter Groves RAFVR 112743 [Killed] (NCO:1160820 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 January, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Robert Oswald Cordall RAFVR 108833 [Killed] (NCO:964551 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 November, 1941)
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edward James Henry Gurr RCAF R/77348 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant John Cyril Highfield RAFVR 1199531 [Killed]
All six rest at the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3475
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 08:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Jul-2023 07:29 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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